Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

Shouldn’t all cognition that happens outside the brain & body be called artificial intelligence? I believe it should, and the history of these technologies give us a view if the future once the hype over generative AI is over.

You get to the end of the course you are teaching and students conclude it was a waste of time. How do you respond?

We do lots of things to structure tasks for learning. If you can’t fade those supports over time, then they failed. #education #teaching

Imagine if our learning outcomes were curiosity, creativity, critical thinking, and similar skills and habits.

Those who rage against the current generation forget what was said about them.

It is strange to me that so much of school is grounded in the assumption that students are incapable of learning unless it is specifically taught and graded.

The most ethical people update their “rules” as things change.

When you record grades to tenths, you demonstrate you don’t understand grading.

Unpopular opinion: All flags are designed to exclude people.

According to the biography of Albert Einstein, he graduated from one school with a 4.25 in math on a scale that went to 6. I can hear the question in the teacher meeting… “So what was his real grade?”

I work in educational technology. I have for decades. I still spend most of my time showing folks how to use search tools and how to use ctrl-F.

Whenever the ice breaker calls for me to share I place I visited recently I say, “Roswell, NM” and raise my hands and start humming.

Here is your regular reminder that “standards” were sold to education as “high quality for all,” but it became something much different.

One of the most depressing parts of education is the degree to which school leaders (folks with advanced degrees) accept and parrot the sales pitches as they introduce “paradigm-changing innovations."

Sometimes I wish I wasn’t someone who takes reason, logic, and empirical evidence seriously. I look at the delusional things that come across my feeds and I envy those who can confidently make such statements without concern for reality.

One thing I miss about job searches is the part of interview after I have decided I don’t want the job.

The fact that teachers in the USA need to share “classroom wish lists” on social media should be our greatest national embarrassment. Unfortunately, we have way more embarrassing situations right now.

“Hallucinations” as the term we apply to information AI creates. OK… can we apply it to ideas like “learning styles” and the other stuff made up be educational consultants?

“We are starting a conversation” is leader speak for “I’m going to make a terrible decision in 6 months and claim everyone had input.”

I saw Ethan Mollick posted this on a different site today: “At least give your model an interesting prompt or perspective or something.” It made me LOL.